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Author's Corner:
Okay, I'm going to be straightforward with this. I am not the greatest writer in the world. I'm sorry if this story is a little confusing. I have no beta, proofreader, editor or whoever you go to correct this stuff too, okay? Look if you want me to improve this story, leave comments and review the story and tell me how I can improve, I would appreciate it. I want this story to enjoy you both the audience and me. Geez, this took longer to plan out than I thought. If anyone has anything to contribute (like chants that are used before a spell for instance. Yes apparently that is a thing in Fire Emblem) then please leave it in a review or Private Message me.
Speaking: "Hi"
Thinking: 'Hi'
Spell/Technique: "Dragon Fang!"(Talk) / 'Thoron!'(Thoughts/thinking)
Powerful Entity/Dragon Speaking: "Bold"
Powerful Entity/Dragon Thinking: 'Bold'
Prologue: The Heist That Returned Despair
(Windmire, the Capital of Nohr)
It was dark. The streets were empty. The only illumination present was the lampposts. Buildings made of stone; some with wooden or stone roofs. To anyone not from this city, or rather a native to the entire country it would seem like it was nighttime. However, the truth is that it was currently noon. You see this country is the Kingdom of Nohr, which is deprived of sunlight, meaning that it is continuously dark and is difficult to tell when is 'day' or 'night' unless you spend enough time to commit to tell the difference. Despite contrary belief, there are times when the sun comes out but the intervals of the sun's appearance in Nohr were large. Other than that, since Nohr was practical 'night' all the time, it just so happens to be great for thieves, criminals, bandits, brigands, and rogues who know how to use the darkness to their advantage.
(Windmire, Thieves' Hideout)
"Is everyone here?" A pudgy woman with a fancy small dress with white and pink colors with open cleavage, lace stockings which are shedding a dagger, a belt with shedding two more daggers and a pink adventurous-looking hat that a treasure hunter would wear. This was Candace, a Nohrian 'Adventurer' Class thief.
"What do you think?" A tough-looking Nohrian 'Mercenary' Class with bluish-black hair said in response. The Mercenary wore a gray shield with black lines, a maroon collared 'vest' with black metal stars, a gray forehead protector, and blackish brown sleeves and strapped gloves. This was Zhara. "Also, was it really a good idea to have a Hoshidian here with us?" Zhara said as he turned his head to the corner. There was a man wearing a black Hoshidian hat called a 'Kasa', common Hoshidian clothing, and a trunk on his back. This man was Senno, who from the country of Hoshido. "Look, I am only here because you guys promised rare tomes. When the job is done, and I have my rare tomes as promised, I'm out of here." Senno spoke up letting everyone know of his intentions.
"The same goes for me. Except instead of tomes like dear Senno wants, I want MONEY." A Silver haired 'Adventurer' spoke up. Unlike Candace, this Adventurer class male wore no hat, had white and black clothing, a white cape/scarf, and black pants. This was Funke, a well-mannered thief with an insatiable greed for wealth.
Now, this begs the question…What are these four doing in a room together? Well in the middle of the room was a table, which had papers scattered all across the table. But what is really important is what is on the paper…they were plans. Plans for what you may ask? Well…
"I don't how in the world WE supposed to ROB probably, no…definitely the most secure place in Nohr! It's freaking Castle Krakenburg for Dusk Dragon's sake! Home of King Garon and the royal family remember?" Zhara exclaimed. 'Could these people please stop gawking about what they want and get it together!" The swordsman could only think to himself. Then there was a knock on the door. "Um, bosses? We have a problem…" a henchman said on the other side of the door. "Sigh…who do you work with?" Candace asked. "Funke's Graceful Thieves." The Henchman replied still on the other side of the door. Candace, Zhara, and Senno turned to Funke with an expression saying, 'He is your guy…deal with him!' Funke sighed as he walked up to the door. "What is the password?" Funke asked his supposed henchman. "The Graceful Flower's colors are green and gold." The henchman replied. "…You may enter."
The henchman entered the room with the four theft leaders staring at him intensely. "Well? Spit it out! We don't have all night!" Candace shouted to Funke's henchman, who stepped back a bit. "W-well you see…Shura seems to have g-gone…m-missing…" The nameless henchman reported to his bosses.
They all stared at the henchman… "MISSING!?" They all shouted with anger on their faces.
"Y-yeah…h-he didn't show up at the meeting point but rather one of his men saying that Shura was te-temporarily dis-disbanding his gang for s-something. T-they didn't hear from him s-since." The henchman continued, flinching at the four bosses anger.
Funke took a deep breath and said in a calm but angry tone. "You are dismissed."
"Yes, sir!" The henchman replied and left the room with the door closed faster than you could say 'Why are they mad?' Well, Shura was an infamous highwayman in Nohr, but what was more important to the thieves was how Shura knew how to get into Castle Krakenburg via old passageways. The four learned about the passageways when they first tried to recruit Shura. Shura refused but still told them how to get in. Why? Well, unknown to the four, Shura knew that the guards stationed at the Castle will be more likely to kill the four and their crews rather than capture and interrogate them for information. So, there was little chance of his involvement being discovered and he was going to leave Windmire soon to go to Notre Sagesse for reasons that relate to…personal matters. Either way, if things go down at Castle Krakenburg, Shura would be long gone from the capital.
After a moment, a silence Senno spoke up "So…that throws a stick into the plans. Who would have expected for Shura to leave high and dry on probably the biggest robbery in all of Nohr!". Candace then voiced her opinion, "Why all the nerve! Well, we don't need him! I've dedicated my life to exploration! This will just be a new experience if anything. Nothing stops Candace!" Meanwhile, Funke was sniffing a flower, which he got from a young blond-haired child with a white cloth wrapped around her head, and Zhara just grunted thinking about how this plan has really taken a bad turn. "So, do we still go with the plan? Or do we drop this all together?" Zhara asked. Unlike the others, Zhara didn't have the same love of rare items, money, or treasure like they did, but he had his reasons for getting involved.
"Hmm…I believe the plan is still possible…in fact Zhara what do you think is the best possible way to fend off the soldiers in the castle if we discover?" Funke asked the sword wielder. Zhara looked at Funke wondering what was the white/silver haired man trying to come up with. "Well…without a guide through the castle it would be best to stick together that way we have enough to fight off whatever soldiers we come across until a bigger and stronger force than our own comes across. And since some their soldiers have more skill than our own fighters we would have to…gang up on them." Zhara replied with the last bit spoken in a bitter tone.
Senno smiled "Yes…and we'll take whatever rare tom-I mean weapons they're using." Candace and Funke smiled and nodded in agreement. Meanwhile, Zhara just sighed seeing these associates as 'too greedy' as they were practically throwing their lives away. He could try to convince them to just pillage a wealthy manor or wealthy neighborhood, which would have less skilled security. However, that would defeat the real reason that Zhara and his boys were involved in this. He learned that some of his men were going to backstab him and take control of his group. However, when Zhara heard about the job, he knew the backstabbers were going to stay in line for the job. However, Zhara and those who were loyal to him were going to slip out during the heist leaving the backstabbers and the others to fend for themselves and perhaps die trying to satisfy their greed.
The four outlaw leaders finalized their plans and agreed that they would strike two nights from now as it would be the darkest night in Nohr for the rest of the month.
(Castle Krakenburg, Some point during the Heist)
It was a disaster. Bandits from the alliance of the four groups dying or running away like cowards against Nohrian forces of the castle. Even the royals, such as Crown Prince Xander, were involved in the slaughter and/or capture of the thieves.
How did this go all wrong? Well, it turns out once the four groups made it inside the castle, three of them split up following their hearts greediest desires. Senno reached for rare, experimental, and powerful tomes. Funke went looking for the vault to steal all the money and jewels he could get. Candace went looking for any treasure relics (even had thoughts about stealing the sword Siegfried and the tome Brynhildr), and Zhara did what he said he would do…he and those who were loyal to him ditched those who would backstab him in the castle.
Unfortunately, though each group was spotted. A female Nohrian Dark Mage by the name of Shade spotted Senno's group after they snuck into what appeared to be a laboratory for researching and creating new spells, curses, and anything related to magic. Shade blasted them with magic and used teleportation tome to go alert the castle's forces about the intruders. Senno's group panicked and grabbed what they could. Just as they left the lab, Senno noticed a unique looking tome that he had never he seen or heard of before. Not only that but he felt the dark and enormous power from it. The tome was dark purple with some writing on the top, gold hinges at the book's binding and two more pieces of god on the corners of the opposite side of front and back covers. There was also a strange gold symbol on the book, six eyes connected by a U-shaped line that intersects several times at the bottom of said 'U'. Due to his obsession with powerful and rare tomes he took it and shoved it into his clothing. After the last members of Senno's group ran out the door into the hallway, Shade had teleported outside the laboratory with some troops and King Garon's Grandmaster/Head Tactician, General Iago. Some went in to check to see what was stolen. Iago to look towards where the tome that Senno stole was. If anyone noticed, a look of shock appeared on Iago's face but was quickly changed to look of intense anger. "FIND THEM! AND IF YOU FIND A UNIQUE PURPLE TOME, RETURN TO ME AT ONCE! You will be rewarded…" Iago shouted angrily. Senno and his group didn't know that they had broken into Iago's private laboratory.
Funke and his group were taking whatever they could while making sure they still had room for money, but then they dropped a vase which shattered on the ground. The door in the same hallway opened revealing a group of four who went to check the commotion: a Nohrian Fighter wearing unique uniform, a Nohrian Knight, a dirty cyan-haired Nohrian Wyvern Rider, and a blond haired Nohrian Dark Mage with a unique outfit. The Wyvern Rider first noticed them and told the Dark Mage to go alert the castle forces while the three of them tried to hold the intruders off.
Candace and her group tried to find treasured relics but found the Nohrian Army's Armory. Which was filled with rare, hard to find, and/or high-quality weaponry. They took whatever weapons they could. Candace then noticed two weapons out of the corner of her eye. They were Shining Bows, bows that imbued with the special property of magic attacks at the cost of using offensive techniques like 'Luna' and 'critical strikes'. However, one of the bows looked…incomplete and had an empty quiver, but Candace didn't care as she took it both. As they set off to look for treasure relics, Xander, the Crown Prince of Nohr himself, his retainers, his younger brother Prince Leo, a Nohrian outlaw with white haired and an eye patch, and a red haired Nohrian Mercenary burst into the room from the other door, which leads to the nearby training grounds, and demanded them to surrender. Candace's group booked it and were chased the ever-growing group of pursuers.
As for Zhara, he and his men made it back into the tunnels they used to get into the castle. However, they encountered the most unexpected thing: a young flower girl in a black dress and a white cloth wrapped around her head with a look of complete shock on her face. Zhara wondered what was a young girl doing here, but his thoughts were broken from noises of running, horses, and wings flapping. Zhara turned around and saw Nohrian soldiers being led by a purple/lavender haired Wyvern Rider, who Zhara recognized as the eldest princess of Nohr, Camilla. His men tried to break for it while using the little girl as a hostage but the eldest princess held a Ragnarok tome and blasted the area between Zhara's group and the little girl. The smoke was caused by the spell gave the flower girl cover and time to go hide in a small space where Zhara and men wouldn't find her or even notice her. Zhara's men turned back to the Nohrian forces and the princess. "My. My. You boys need to learn some lessons. Lessons that I will teach personally teach. The first lesson…lay on hand on that girl and be feed to my dear Marzia here alive." Camilla said to Zhara's group while rubbing her wyvern's neck. While both sides had a bit of standoff, Zhara was nudged by one of his men and whispered something. "We can't beat all these guys boss, but some our guys here volunteered to hold off them off while the rest of us escape." Zhara turned his head and saw some of the men were ready to charge, knowing that they would die. "Alright…do what you want." Zhara said. Then someone in Zhara's forces yelled "CHARGE!" and less than Zhara's men dashed forward while the others, including Zhara, dashed for the exit.
The four group leaders and whatever men they had left met at the rendezvous point outside the castle where they had some reinforcements waiting. Surprisingly, it appeared that none of the castle force's, including the Royals, where around. "Well we're in the clear for the moment. Let's put whatever we have in the covered wagons and get out of here!" Candace said trying to stay positive. Everyone threw the loot into the seven covered wagons but Senno kept the strange purple tome that he found hidden from the others. They then took off just in the nick of time as soldiers from behind appeared. 'Great Dusk Dragon! We're getting away!' Candace thought to herself as she saw the castle forces being left in the dust, but Zhara had other thoughts 'Where are the mounted troops? Shouldn't have they been sent out?'
The thieves headed to underground tunnels to get out of Windmire. Then things seemed a little too calm, too quiet. Zhara and what remained of his men stayed alerted while everyone else was too caught up in the excitement of successfully robbing Castle Krakenburg, how much loot they all got, or thinking that they got away. The Thieves were now a couple of miles away from the capital and were crossing a bridge over a dried-up river valley. Some of them got out the covered wagons, as the bridge they were going to use was wide but old. So, they needed to cross carefully. Suddenly, a strange thunderstorm appeared over them and rain had started to pour. If the thieves had paid attention to the storm, they would have seen lightning running across the clouds and had been different colors.
The seven covered wagons had made it to the middle of the bridge. However, the unexpected happened, the lightning struck the bridge several times, each at key points and support points, with such power that the bridge collapsed. Almost all of them fell into the river valley, except for Senno who managed to jump and grab onto apart on the bridge that was barely intact. The covered wagons and the thieves crashed into the bottom of the river valley. Most had died on impact while a few were alive but struggled to get up from their injuries. Among the strugglers were Candace and Zhara. Candace was still disoriented from the fall and her head was pounding in pain but did her best not to fall unconscious. Meanwhile, one of Zhara's men used a healing staff on Zhara, while Zhara was taking Elixirs from corpses next to him, before succumbing to the pain.
Unlike the rest of the leaders, Funke was mere moments from death. A sword wielded by gravity stabbed deep into his chest and his right leg. He managed to remove the swords and laid himself against one of the wrecked wagons with his field of vision is the top of the valley in the direction of the capital. Funke was about to close his eyes and reflect on his life before death claimed it, however, he noticed something. Movement. All along the top of the valley, he was facing. He saw several people moving very fast. 'They are moving too fast to be walking on two legs…Horses perhaps? But who are they?' Funke thought to himself. Funke noticed more of them showing up, a lot more. All stopping along the top of the valley as it was too steep and slippery to go down safely. Funke couldn't make out who they were due to the rain and dark sky…or clouds. But then lightning flashed in the sky. It was just a moment, but that was enough for Funke. He saw unknown figures outfits: the military. Nohrian Military. With all the strength Funke had in his body, he gave out a final message to his associates and his own men. "THEY FOUND US...THE NOHRIAN ARMY! THEY FOund…us…agggh." With that, Funke passed away. Saved from the massacre about to occur.
The remaining thieves saw that Funke spoke the truth. They tried to scramble for something, anything, to save their lives. However, it was too late, upon the top of the valley the Nohrian Army that was made of several different classes: Bow Knights, Paladins, Generals, Cavaliers, Dark Mages, Fighters, and Berserkers, had readied their weapons: Bows and Arrows, Spears, Magic Tomes, Hand Axes, and Tomahawks. All they were waiting for was the signal from the force's leader, Iago. Iago walked over to what remained of the bridge on the side of the valley he and the troops were on. "How fortunate for us…trapped like the vermin they are." Iago said before turning to the troops. "YOU KNOW THE KING'S ORDERS! NO SURVIVORS! IF YOU LEAVE EVEN ONE OF THEM ALIVE YOU WILL JOIN THOSE PIECES OF DIRT! OPEN FIRE!" Iago shouted to his troops while firing off a Fire spell. Signaling to the troops to let their weapons free.
Arrows, Spears, Axes, and blasts of magic went down into the river valley. Some of the thieves tried to fight with bows and arrows but were too injured to launch an arrow or at the very least pick up a bow. Some tried to flee but were either too injured to move or were struck down from the rain of weapons and spells. Others just accepted their fate knowing that they wouldn't escape the fight with their lives intact. Screams of horror and pain filled the night along with rain and thunder and lightning from the storm.
Candace, who had not been hit yet, forced her pudgy body to crawl through the mud and dirt. She hoped to find something to get out of this, thinking that no one can catch her. She raised her head and saw several items in front of her. The two Shining Bows that she had stolen from the castle, a Steel Bow, various magic tomes, two Heart Seals, and three books that contained knowledge of Skills used in combat. All piled together. Candace tried to reach for any of them but closed her eyes a bolt of light blue-colored lightning struck the ground right where the items were. When she opened them again, the items were gone, as if the lightning bolt teleported them else where. While Candace's brain was trying to comprehend what just happened, several arrows and a spear managed to strike her. The pink pudgy Adventurer Class thief was no more than a corpse.
Zhara was trying to play things smart…or rather play dead. The moment he heard that the Nohrian Army arrived he covered himself with corpses close to him to shield himself from the attack. He would have to play dead as an extra precaution if they come down to pick up clean up the bodies. He didn't know exactly but when the chance to slip away undetected arrives, he'll take it. All he has to wait is not get hit and wait.
Senno believed he had the devil's luck. Not only did he make the jump and was now holding on to the remains of the bridge of the other side of the valley but somehow the Nohrian Army didn't notice him! 'It must be the tome!' Senno thought to himself while sporting an insane grin. 'It must be able to hide my presence! HAHAHA! YES! With his tome I will be able to claim power like no else can achieve! HAHAHA!' However, what Senno didn't notice was that the tome was starting to seep out a purple smoke-like aura and dark purple cracks of magic energy. Senno then started to climb what remained of the bridge to make his escape.
*CRACK*
Senno stopped and looked around. He noticed that in his haste some of the remaining parts of the bridge were beginning to loosen. He had to climb carefully or he might fall and meet his doom. But even with these thoughts of caution, Senno met his doom anyway. A bolt of lightning, with the same color of magic aura radiating from the tome Senno, had struck exactly where Senno was. Senno fell to his death, screaming about the power of tomes and how they were all his. And the rare tome he had was nowhere in sight…
After what felt like hours, the army stopped their assault. Iago looked down into the valley and saw that it appeared all the thieves were dead. Including the Hosidian thief that they didn't notice until he fell. "Well, well…it looks as if they're all dead. What a surprise for Hosidians to be among these wretched vermin…but then again Hosidians are pathetic enough to be considered dirt." Iago said speaking aloud. Iago turned away from the valley and walked to his current second-in-command: Daniela, a general of Nohr's Border Guard and currently a Strategist class warrior. Daniela was with a young grey-haired Cavalier in black armor. The Cavalier stood in attention when Iago approached. "Is this the one Daniela?" Iago asked. "Yes, sir. This is one. Quite young, isn't he?" Daniela responded. "Indeed…Daniela, go have the troops go down and retrieve whatever those rats stole. I will speak with young…" Iago paused waiting for the young Cavalier to respond.
"Silas sir." The Cavalier now known as Silas responded. "Yes…young Silas here. Report to me if there are any problems or if anyone finds a strange purple tome with six eyes…that tome belongs to me." Iago continued to finish giving out orders. Daniela only replied with an "Of course sir" and took off. Iago turned to Silas. "So…not only did you managed to predict that those troublemakers would come here but also figure out how they escaped the capital under our noses…Could you explain how you figured this out?" Iago asked while giving Silas a cold, calculating, and intense stare. Silas looked a bit shaken from Iago's look but shrugged it off. "W-well you see sir. For generations, my family has involvements with scouting, mapping, and creating various routes, roads, and tunnels all over Nohr. Because of this, we have details, documents, and knowledge about Nohr's roads and pathways since my grandfather's time. The documents, including ownership of said documents, were approved by King Garon himself sir." Silas replied.
Iago then gave a thoughtful look. "That's right. In fact, I believe I was once present when King Garon asked your family to see if they could scout out the Northern area of Nohr for new routes. However, that doesn't explain how you were able to predict they would come here. So, I will ask again how did you know they would go?"
Silas then gave a smile. "You can thank the two members of the Border Guard that came to the capital from Cheve. They had several maps of the routes they had or could have used in case they got lost."
Iago then stopped his stare, "Oh that's right. Members of the Border Guard were coming to the capital for Promoted Class Training. You used their maps to predict where they go. How clever of you. Regardless, expect a reward when we return to the castle. Perhaps it will be a promotion. About half the force that came from the castle, including myself will be returning to Windmire shortly. Find those two Border Guards you mentioned and have them come with us…if they are here that is." Iago started to walk away but turned his head back to Silas. "Also, don't let the thought of promotion get to your head. You are still young and inexperienced. Consider yourself lucky if even get to lead a platoon." Silas only responded with an, "Understood sir.", and went off to get the two border guards, Charlotte and Benny.
As Iago headed towards a group of soldiers getting ready to leave, Daniela rode up beside him. "General Iago sir. I have some rather...annoying news. The current weather has made the valley's steep slope wet and slippery. It is making it difficult for our men to get down there on foot, in fact, some have fallen to the bottom and are either dead from breaking their neck or can't move. And Wyverns can't seem to get off the ground until the storm stops. My troops and the remaining castle's forces may need to stay here for a while." Daniela reported. Iago shook his head, "That is an annoyance. All right then, all the troops who aren't leaving right now will remain here until you are able to retrieve the stolen items. This includes you of course." Daniela turned to him curiously, "Me sir? But I need to retu-" However Iago cut her off. "General Daniela if you are concerned about the area of the border you are assigned to guard. Do not worry. I'm sure your troops stationed at your sector can handle themselves for a couple of hours. Now any more questions?" Iago asked. "No, sir. I understand." Daniela could only reply. They went their separate ways: Daniela went to notify the troops of their new orders while Iago gathers the troops who were returning to the castle, Silas and the two borders guards included.
(Hours later…At the River Valley)
Daniela crawled as fast as she could with the look of fear and despair on her face. She didn't know how it happened. She didn't know if anyone got away. All she knew was that she needed to get away…and repor-no warn everyone about these…these…undead monstrosities!
*Flashback…around an hour ago*
All of the troops who were on shift those who were on the shift were watching the storm, managing supplies, tending mounds, or watching the valley below to keep an eye for movement in case someone gets away with some of the stolen goods whether it would be a surviving thief or someone else. Unfortunately, the last duty was not really taken seriously as the soldiers that were supposed to be watching the bodies were positioned to look like they were watching, but in reality, they were sleeping. Meanwhile, the guys who were off shift was either lounging around sleeping or socializing. The later group getting bigger as they were persuading other soldiers to join in, mainly the storm watchers, guards, and anyone who was supposed to be on shift for watching the corpses.
Like some of the other soldiers, General Daniela had gone to sleep. Sleep that she had needed to catch up on. She was a hard worker, but she had pulled an all-nighter recently and was about the get some sleep under she gotten orders from the capital. Then she had to ride out here and deal with all of this. So she decided to get some sleep, telling her guards to wake her up if something happens.
All seemed well…in their perspective. If one of the corpse watchers were to wake up or anyone went over and looked down into the valley, they would have seen a purple haze covering the bottom of the river valley.
Eventually, one of the soldiers decided to get back to duty before they were caught slacking off. He would let the others suffer the punishment of slacking off. He made his way over to the 'corpse watchers' and let the look out know his shift is over. "Hey! I know you seem to like watching corpses since you haven't said a thing but…" The soldier's words died in this mouth as he reached the 'corpse watcher' he was speaking to. The soldier had a look of worry as he took off his glove and placed his hand on the corpse watcher's throat and off. The soldier looked at his hand and the one thing that confirmed his fear…blood. He screamed. "HEALER! WE NEED A HEALER! NOW!" He then went to check the others on corpse watching duty only to find them dead by methods for silently killing someone. He screamed again, "INTRUDERS! WE HAV-", but was cut short several arrows hit him in various places. He died before hitting the ground.
Meanwhile, a superior officer, who had used his time off duty for rest, came out of his tent after hearing a scream for a healer. He saw the other soldiers who were slacking around with a confused look on their faces. Then they heard the scream of intruders and quickly scrambled off their feet to grab their weapons from the makeshift armory and search the camp. However when the unarmed soldiers went to the armory and soldier went to get their mounts, both groups were greeted with a site. 'Monsters.' That was all the Nohrian Soldiers could describe them as. The monsters had mottled purple skin, glowing red eyes, and a skull-like facemask. However, the scariest thing was that they looked like they were once human or made from human corpses and were frequently exhaling or belching dark purple smoke. The monstrosities let out growls and roars then charged the soldiers before they could shake off their fear.
Only when cries of battle, horror, and death occurred did General Daniela wake from deep slumber. However, by then it was too late. They were overwhelmed and to their horror the dead soldiers and mounts had risen again turning into the same monsters they were fighting, meaning that they are fighting the dead. Worst of all the only horse left they could use: General Daniela's horse. A bunch of soldiers tried to get a hold of the horse for himself or herself to escape. However, their hopes were dashed as one of the mounted monsters dashed in a killed the horse with a 'Beast Killer', a lance designed to kill beast-like foes.
They had one choice of escape now: running with your own two feet. Everyone tried made a break for it with Daniela trying to give out orders to the remaining men. However, there was poor communication among them and they were chased and hunted down like scared animals.
*Flashback is over…Present time)*
Daniela looked around in despair only to see the undead killing what remained of the soldiers who too wounded to move. She had enough energy for one last magic spell, but she believed it wouldn't make a difference, as there were too many. 'This is it…It's over. We're going to die…and not one of us was able to get away to warn anyone…Damn it! To think I…I' She looked up one last time however she saw something…someone…a male…alive…trying to get away…he wasn't military given his uniform. Daniela's eyes widened 'One of the thieves! One of them still lives!' However, Daniela saw that one of the monsters was sneaking up on the thief. Knowing that she was going to die and that he might be the only one to warn the kingdom, Daniela fired her last magic spell at the monster. It landed. The thief turned around and saw the monster hit the floor, but this caught the attention of the other monsters. "RUN!" Daniela yelled before continuing, "RUN! LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!" The thief then did what he was told and ran as fast of he could. Strangely, none of the monsters focused on him rather they focused on Daniela. 'Perhaps they didn't notice him?' Daniela thought as she was surrounded.
One of the monsters, which looked like a Dark Mage, snatched tome from Daniela's hand and used it on Daniela at released a spell at point blank. Daniela landed on her back by about a meter away from where she was. Dark purple smoke then engulfed Daniela and her body got up, now as one of 'monstrosities' as she had called them. The risen corpse of Daniela mindlessly spoke, "SERve…DEsPaiR…sErVe…GRIMA!"
(Author's Corner)
…Sorry for the delay, I had a lot of writer's block and sadly, I am…well was packing my entire house as I am in the middle of moving, meaning that I could not really write. So yeah, this is something…I'm going to have this Rated-T right now but depending on what I do with this story it might be bumped up to Rated-M. And yeah…The Risen are now here…possibly Grima too…I'll talk about that later to avoid spoilers but let's say if Grima appears he/she ISN'T EXACTLY the same Grima we know from Fire Emblem Awakening. Also on that note, Noire will appear in the next chapter BUT if you notice says there are two chapters…if it says there are. Truth is that the 'Chapter Post' as I am calling it, is actually lists of pairings that are going to be in a poll on my profile and list of available options for Noire's Personal Skill (Since everyone in the Fates Playable Cast has one), which will also have a poll AFTER the pairings are confirmed. However, the pairing lists are 'big' so to say so I'm putting it as a chapter post for spacing purposes and the Personal Skill list is there for the same reason.
As for the whole one thief getting away…he is somewhat of a plot device for later. Not a big one but for something at least. The prologue is a big set up, but hey you got cameos from the Nohrian Royals and the retainers'… although people may probably wonder why Odin was with Effie, Arthur, and Beruka while Selena was with the other retainers and the two Nohrian Princes. I'll explain that in the story if you want but doesn't really impact anything aside from 'getting-to-know-you-better' stuff. As for The Uzumaki's Empire, my other and first story, wait for a bit as I'm still trying to 'set things' and understand 'how this will or could happen?' kind of stuff. So I will try to write but it will be this for now. And as a policy, I do two in-progress stories and least finish one before working on a third. Other than that I think this is the longest chapter or prologue, I've written to date.
So please review. I take and listen to calm criticism and suggestions, but no flames. Oh and look at the pairings and Personal Skills in the other 'Chapter Post' and make your choice on my profile page. Thank you.